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Amazing: Peek will make your cell phone battery last longer

Smartphones are nifty but every extra feature drains more and more juice, making that all-important phone feature unavailable sooner.

That’s one of the big reasons we thought some people might like Peek — you separate out the battery life. Know that your phone is giving you its best, and you have a long-life Peek that keeps chugging on its own for up to five days.

The Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting “self-help” article for all those big shot smartphone warriors, and pointed out just how bad the problem is:

Similarly, email capability can drain power even when you’re not sending or receiving messages. Some smart phones constantly check for email updates, basically placing a call every other second. Some offer the option to increase the intervals between updates. Windows Mobile phones allow you to change the frequency of email updates and to set different frequencies for different times of the day. On any phone that’s low on power, it’s best to turn off the update function completely when checking email isn’t vital.

Mr. Lyrintzis says his cellphone barely lasts a day when it’s running normally. But after turning off the 3G connection and reducing the email updates to every 30 minutes, the device lasts an entire weekend with energy to spare.

What’s the point of having a smartphone if it dies after less than 1 day? And what’s the point of it if it can’t check your email continuously like a Peek??